corrielainedd
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Id like to see pics of more upright RFing Radians. How upright can they go?
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Can I see pics of "upright" RF Radians?
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Cryssy Jane
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Here's my radians in my subaru impreza. They are currently sitting about 32 degrees in this picture. They can go as upright as 30 degrees as reclined as 45 degrees, I do believe.
Jennifer mom to my 7
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THey can go as upright as you can get them
The problem is that the design makes it so you usually cannot get them more upright unless you have very sloped or very squishy seats. My captains' chairs in my van are squishy enough at the back, and I can use the vehicle seat back to keep the radian and its boot out of the seat bight.
Pretty good upright install.
This is before I played with it, and found the spot in the seat where I can get the most "squish".
The problem is that the design makes it so you usually cannot get them more upright unless you have very sloped or very squishy seats. My captains' chairs in my van are squishy enough at the back, and I can use the vehicle seat back to keep the radian and its boot out of the seat bight.Pretty good upright install.
This is before I played with it, and found the spot in the seat where I can get the most "squish".
corrielainedd
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Here's my radians in my subaru impreza. They are currently sitting about 32 degrees in this picture. They can go as upright as 30 degrees as reclined as 45 degrees, I do believe.
Are Radians aloud to touch the front seats? I know some seats dont allow it, and some even allow bracing.
firemomof3
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This was in a 2010 Town and Country, I loved how easy the Radian installed
Cryssy Jane
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It depends on the vehicle. The radian itself allows touching and bracing. My car for example is a 2006 subaru impreza wrx and has advanced front airbags. In my vehicle manual it specifically refers to any touching or projectiles touching or under the passenger seat, it does not say anything about the drivers seat. So my radian on my drivers side is touching but not bracing and the radian on the passenger side is not touching at all in case a passenger sits there.
corrielainedd
New member
Ill have to check on that in our car. I know there are no side airbags, just the front two (1997). Thanks:thumbsup:
poohbearkrazy
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Here it is in a 1997 Oldsmobile Aurora.
And in a 2000 ford windstar:
And in a 2000 ford windstar:
Ladyl
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2002 Malibu
I was just scrolling through quickly and these dolls totally made me jump, lol. I thought they were actual babies for a split second.
Judi
CPST/Firefighter
I was just scrolling through quickly and these dolls totally made me jump, lol. I thought they were actual babies for a split second.
I came out to my car, after finishing a car seat clinic, and this is what I found.
BookMama
Senior Community Member
Several people have made comments about bracing the Radian to make it more upright. I just want to clarify that the front passenger/drivers seat really should not be used to affect the angle of the child restraint. i.e., if you move the front vehicle seat (make it more upright or slide it forward), the child restraint should not move significantly.
BookMama
Senior Community Member
Oh, and just to illustrate how vastly differently this seat fits in different vehicles, here's a pic of a Radian in each of my vehicles.
This is our 2003 Ford Focus wagon. The vehicle seats are very compressible (i.e. squishy), so it's very easy to get the seat upright. I could probably get it more upright than this if needed, but DH and I are short and don't need any more legroom than this.
This is our 1998 Ford Escort sedan. This is literally as upright as I can possibly get it. (Even when I had several tech friends from this board helping me, we couldn't wrestle it more upright than that.) I really can't use the Radian RF in this car if I have to have anyone else in the front, because it requires the front passenger seat to be all the way forward and bolt upright.
This is our 2003 Ford Focus wagon. The vehicle seats are very compressible (i.e. squishy
), so it's very easy to get the seat upright. I could probably get it more upright than this if needed, but DH and I are short and don't need any more legroom than this.
This is our 1998 Ford Escort sedan. This is literally as upright as I can possibly get it. (Even when I had several tech friends from this board helping me, we couldn't wrestle it more upright than that.) I really can't use the Radian RF in this car if I have to have anyone else in the front, because it requires the front passenger seat to be all the way forward and bolt upright.
babygirlsmom1005
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My daughter's RN - 1992 Chevy Suburban
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